Fast Food vs You
Fast Food VS You
At least 20% of Americans suffer from a possibly fatal disease if not taken care of properly. This disease is happening nation wide and according to the Centers of Disease Control and Prevention in the last 20 years they have seen a dramatic increase. This disease that is affecting children ranging all the way to adults is called obesity and has recently been taking over mainstream media. When it comes to the topic of obesity, most of us will readily agree that Americans have been making poor decisions and have little to no knowledge of eating healthy. Where this agreement usually ends, however, is on the question of who do we point the finger at or should I say French fry. While David Zinczenko, editor-in-chief for Men’s health Magazine, believes that the fast food industry is to blame for the growing rate of obesity in the United States, Radley Balko, senior editor for Reason, argues that what we eat should remain a matter of personal responsibility. My own view is that Americans should stop looking for excuses who to blame for their weight issues and to have some knowledge of what they’re putting into their body. If we do not become more aware of this growing disease America could have serious problems in the future. Though Zinczenko and Balko both concede that obesity in America is a serious problem, they both insist on different causes of who’s to blame. Zinczenko claims that the fast food industry are misleading their consumers by not releasing calorie information charts on fast-food packaging like items in a grocery store. This is true; maybe if people saw what they are actually putting in their bodies they would have a second thought. Most people think with their eyes, what you see is what you get, well if they saw all the calories, sugar, iodine, and cholesterol on the packaging of their meals they will start to feel self-conscious and put down the hamburger and pick up an apple. On the other hand, Balko believes this is
At least 20% of Americans suffer from a possibly fatal disease if not taken care of properly. This disease is happening nation wide and according to the Centers of Disease Control and Prevention in the last 20 years they have seen a dramatic increase. This disease that is affecting children ranging all the way to adults is called obesity and has recently been taking over mainstream media. When it comes to the topic of obesity, most of us will readily agree that Americans have been making poor decisions and have little to no knowledge of eating healthy. Where this agreement usually ends, however, is on the question of who do we point the finger at or should I say French fry. While David Zinczenko, editor-in-chief for Men’s health Magazine, believes that the fast food industry is to blame for the growing rate of obesity in the United States, Radley Balko, senior editor for Reason, argues that what we eat should remain a matter of personal responsibility. My own view is that Americans should stop looking for excuses who to blame for their weight issues and to have some knowledge of what they’re putting into their body. If we do not become more aware of this growing disease America could have serious problems in the future. Though Zinczenko and Balko both concede that obesity in America is a serious problem, they both insist on different causes of who’s to blame. Zinczenko claims that the fast food industry are misleading their consumers by not releasing calorie information charts on fast-food packaging like items in a grocery store. This is true; maybe if people saw what they are actually putting in their bodies they would have a second thought. Most people think with their eyes, what you see is what you get, well if they saw all the calories, sugar, iodine, and cholesterol on the packaging of their meals they will start to feel self-conscious and put down the hamburger and pick up an apple. On the other hand, Balko believes this is